Benton Community School District

Graduation day is fast approaching. Make sure you are investigating scholarship opportunities to help with college costs. To aid in your search, we have created a site highlight...

I was lying awake one night and could not turn my mind off when a new instructional idea came to me. I had been wanting to freshen up a final assessment for a novel unit but could...

The Benton Community vocal music department has had a busy year and 2022 looks like it won’t be slowing down anytime soon! We are enjoying being back in the classroom and sing...

The Benton Community Speech team has been preparing for the past two months to start competing in January. Participating in Speech allows students to work on their acting and spea...

“Read aloud, Think aloud… key to the universe!” my professor at UNI Maggie Manayer would always say to us in our coursework. In second grade at Keystone Elementary, we begin each ...

When entering a four year old Benton Community School District classroom between the months of January and February, you might hear the names Laura Numoroff, Karma WIlson, Mo Will...

Benton Community Middle School/High School introduced a new program this school year for students who may have learning challenges in attendance, behavior, and/or earning credit i...

Scholarship season is upon us! Seniors are enjoying their final year and are looking forward to graduation and life after high school. We also know that soon-to-be graduates wil...

In the month of December, we tied our learning to kindness through our social studies standards and our PBIS curriculum. The book we focused on was called Lily Learns About Wants...

Every year, close to winter break, we have to talk to students about tattling. This year is no different, so I decided to continue a “Kindness Chain” which was an idea from last y...

The Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools program is aimed at promoting social inclusion through activities, with sports being the foundation of this program. The program offe...

Benton Community School had its first Academic Awards for the 21-22 school year this morning. This is a great opportunity to acknowledge the hard work that our students do ever...

Since the beginning of the year, my 3rd grade students have been working through the “Life Structures” science kit. Within this kit, students have learned about plants and animals...

Students in the Benton Community Middle School are provided multiple opportunities to free read throughout the day. Almost all of our 7 th and 8th-grade students have a specific ...

Physical education class provides students with the opportunity to learn through movement during collaborative and cooperative lessons and activities. PE supports the development ...

Learning a language online as a high school student has been challenging. It has been different comparing last year and this year. I asked a student who was online last year for m...

Graduation day is fast approaching. Make sure you are investigating scholarship opportunities to help with college costs. To aid in your search, we have created a site highlight...

Students enrolled in Global Affairs courses at Benton Community High School have been learning about the Middle East and the United States involvement in that region. Over the pas...

During December, we try to experience the joy of giving rather than receiving. It can be a very hard concept to understand at this age so to make it more concrete we “go shopping...